Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 06/19/2026 No. 760 approves the criterion in relation to a specific pair of "contractor — customer", and not to the total workload of the contractor for the month. This fundamental clarification changes the accounting logic for everyone who regularly receives orders through the platforms.
Three conditions must be met simultaneously: the work is carried out through an intermediary digital platform, all hours are credited to one specific customer, and the figure exceeds 60 hours in each of the six consecutive months. If the contractor has worked 55 hours for this customer in at least one month, the continuous chain ends and the countdown begins anew.
The distribution of hours between several customers is not cumulative. A contractor who has completed 100 hours of work in a month — 55 for one client and 45 for another — does not exceed the established threshold for any of them. That is why keeping track of hours in the context of each customer separately becomes a mandatory practice.
The list of activities covered by the resolution covers: construction (OKVED 41, 42, 43), warehousing and auxiliary transport activities (52), wholesale and retail trade (46, 47), maintenance of buildings and territories (81), food production (10), catering (56), real estate transactions (68), education (85), software development (62), personnel selection (78), information technology activities (63), advertising and market research (73), land and pipeline transport (49), sports, recreation and entertainment (93). The first step for the contractor is to check whether his OKVED code is included in this list.
By itself, exceeding the threshold does not automatically mean that the relationship is recognized as an employment relationship and does not entail a fine. The resolution establishes precisely the criterion of systematicity and duration, which is one of the elements of regulating the platform economy. However, if the performer works on a fixed schedule, reports to the supervisor and receives payment for the process rather than for the result, the question of the nature of the relationship may arise regardless of the hourly rate.
For companies that attract individuals through platforms, the risk is mirrored: it is worth tracking how many consecutive months one performer exceeds the 60-hour threshold, and checking whether there are signs of an actual employment relationship. Special attention should be paid to situations where the contractor has practically stopped taking orders from other clients.
The decree is valid from October 1, 2026 to October 1, 2032. During the six years of the rule's operation, market participants — both logistics, IT, and trade performers, as well as service customers — will have to establish regular monitoring of hours for each counterparty. The simplest tool is a monthly table with hours recorded by customers and a continuous month counter above the threshold.
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